Free Six Flags Tickets? Stop the Ride, It's a Facebook Scam

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Want to go for a ride? Sign up for the "Free Six Flags Tickets"
spreading around Facebook right now and in no time you'll
experience the G-force speeds, hair-raising turns and
death-defying plunges of survey scams and potential identity
theft.

The bogus "limited-time" offer, for a four-pack of tickets to
your nearest outpost of the amusement park, prompts you first to
share the Facebook page, then add a thank you comment below it,
Facecrooks' scam-sniffing watchdogs report.

"If you did make the mistake of sharing the scam link, then you
are now spamming your friends with the very same message,"
Facecrooks wrote.

For those behind the scam, the payoff comes in the next step,
when victims are taken to a legitimate-looking Facebook spoof
page and told that in order to claim the free tickets, they must
take a quick survey. The offer goes a (buttery and delicious)
step further: The survey, along with getting you those tickets,
could qualify you for a Dodge Challenger or free lunches for a
year at Chick-fil-A.

As with all suspicious Facebook offers and surveys, no matter how
delicious or exciting it sounds, you should never pursue it. This
particular ticket scam may be just a
social networking inconvenience, but many similar surveys are
loaded with malware or are out to siphon your email address and
credit card number or sign you up for expensive text message
subscriptions you never asked for.

Arm yourself against potentially dangerous Facebook scams by
running anti-malware
software on your computer. If you fall for tricks like
the phony Six Flags offer or similar promises, remove any
references to the scam from your newsfeed and profile – and never
fill out any surveys.